APRIL 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 431

Appointments and Promotions of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Department,
Wellington, 1st April, 1943.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments and promotions of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force :-

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Appointments.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer :-

As PILOTS.

Dated 6th October, 1942-
NZ 411457 Sergeant Eric James SHAW.
Dated 9th January, 1943-
NZ 415323 Sergeant Kenneth IRWIN.
Dated 16th January, 1943-
NZ 413509 Sergeant John Forbes THOMSON.
Dated 27th January, 1943-
NZ 41931 Flight Sergeant Gerald Andrew PARKINSON.
Dated 30th January, 1943-
NZ 413057 Sergeant Charles Alexander GEORGE.
Dated 6th February, 1943-
NZ 414243 Sergeant John Jeremiah CAULTON.
Dated 12th February, 1943-
NZ 411406 Flight Sergeant William John HOUGH.
Dated 21st February, 1943-
NZ 413573 Sergeant Donald Gordon McCASKILL.
Dated 1st March, 1943-
NZ 415712 Flight Sergeant Leslie Malcolm PAGE.

As AIR GUNNERS.

Dated 21st December, 1942-
NZ 405265 Sergeant Dudley HARDING-SMITH.
Dated 11th February, 1943-
NZ 401755 Sergeant John Heathcote DOLEMAN.
Dated 8th March, 1943-
NZ 424970 Sergeant Richard William Hamilton CROUGH.
NZ 422720 Sergeant William Donald MITCHELL.
NZ 422726 Sergeant Raymond William ROLFE.

Promotions.

The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.) :-

Dated 8th February, 1943 : Maechel Anthony ENSOR, D.S.O., D.F.C.
Dated 1st March, 1943 : Ewen Alexander CAMPBELL.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :-

Dated 8th December, 1942 : Halford Douglas Pye.
Dated 19th December, 1942 : John Colin VOWLES.
Dated 18th January, 1943 : Edward Noel HOLDING.
Dated 28th February, 1943 : William John WENDELKEN.
Dated 1st March, 1943 : Neal Wingmore FAGG.
Dated 3rd March, 1943-
Charles Joseph TAYLOR.
Thomas Alexander STEWART, D.F.M.

Dated 5th March, 1943 : Brian Stephen SPAIN.
Dated 10th March, 1943 : James Michael DERMODy.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II.

Appointment.

NZ 402681 Corporal Douglas FARR is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.). Dated 11th March, 1943.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Promotion.

Pilot Officer (on prob.) John Edward TURNER is confirmed in his rank and is granted the temporary rank of Flying Officer. Dated 14th January, 1943.

A. G. OSBORNE,
For the Minister of Defence.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 5th April, 1943.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

John Logan Stout, Esquire, S.M.,
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wellington from the 31st March, 1943, vice W. F. Stilwell, Esquire, S.M.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Appointing Members of the Engineers Registration Board.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Engineers Registration Act, 1924, I, Robert Semple, Minister of Public Works, do hereby appoint the following persons as members of the Engineers Registration Board for a term of three years from the 1st day of April, 1943, the last three named having been recommended by the Council of the New Zealand Institution of Engineers (Incorporated):-

William Langston Newnham, Esquire, Engineer-in-Chief, Public Works Department, Wellington.
Frederick Templeton Mannheim Kissel, Esquire, Electrical Engineer, Chief Electrical Engineer, Public Works Department, Wellington.
Arthur James Dickson, Esquire, Assistant City Engineer, Auckland.
George Edward Breeze, Esquire, Chief Inspector of Machinery and Chief Surveyor of Ships, Wellington.
John Gill Lancaster, Esquire, Consulting Engineer, Wellington.
Robert Archibald Campbell, Esquire, Consulting Engineer, Christchurch.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 31st day of March, 1943.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Public Works.
(P.W. 30/922.)

Appointment of Customs Wharf at Napier.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1943.

ARNOLD HENRY NORDMEYER, Acting Minister of Customs, in exercise of the powers vested in me for this purpose by the Customs Act, 1913, do by this Warrant appoint the wharf known as No. 4 Wharf, at the Breakwater Harbour, within the Port of Napier, to be a wharf for the loading and unloading of goods.

A. H. NORDMEYER, Acting Minister of Customs.

Appointment of Customs Examining-places at Napier.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1943.

ARNOLD HENRY NORDMEYER, Acting Minister of Customs, in exercise of the powers vested in me for this purpose by the Customs Act, 1913, do hereby revoke the appointment of all examining-places at the Port of Napier, and do by this Warrant appoint, at the said Port of Napier, the places shown in the Schedule hereto to be places for the examination by the Customs of goods subject to the control of the Customs.

SCHEDULE.

EXAMINING-PLACES APPOINTED.

Situation. Description.

West Quay, Port Ahuriri ... Wharf shed numbered "'1"'.
On reclamation opposite Sturm's Wharf shed marked "'E"'.
Gully (Hornsey Road)
Adjacent to No. 3 and No. 4 Wharves Wharf shed numbered "'1"'.
at Breakwater Harbour
Adjacent to Railway-station, Napier Railway goods-shed.

A. H. NORDMEYER, Acting Minister of Customs.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 6th April, 1943.

IT is hereby notified that the following appointments have been made :-

Edmund McDonnell Moriarty to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Albertland, on and from the 24th day of March, 1943.

Oliver Redvers Gardiner to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and of Deaths for the District of Naseby, on and from the 22nd day of March, 1943.

Elizabeth Hendry (Miss) to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of West Taieri, on and from the 11th day of March, 1943.

Lilian Pearl Torkington (Mrs.) to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Omaha, on and from the 6th day of March, 1943.

Margaret Anderson (Miss) to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Blackball, on and from the 29th day of March, 1943.

Arthur Sydney Richards to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Tokomaru Bay, on and from the 17th day of March, 1943.

Edward Alexander Richmond to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Lumsden, on and from the 26th day of March, 1943.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.